British Prime Minister Gordon Brown made an unannounced visit to Kandahar last night. He bunked with British troops. This is the first time Brown has made a longer than one day visit. Brown's...
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Five Muslim American young men from Virginia were arrested in Sarghoda, Pakistan on terrorism charges. The five men, aged 19-25, were American citizens who had traveled to Pakistan, apparently in an...
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Much has been made of Barak Obama receiving the Nobel Peace Prize because of his aspirations. His acceptance speech is said to likely be based on MLK speech when he accepted his prize. According to news...
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The war among factions and Islamic sects is anything but civil, meaning with satisfactory behavior. People are blowing people up by the thousands without regard for humanity and innocence. By some sect’s...
This is a message from the Taliban in response to President Obama's announced escalation of military involvement in Afghanistan. The message is presented in its entirety and speaks for itself, without the benefit of political punditry from the news media. Propaganda? You...
Yes of course this was expected, what else could they say. Don't see them waving a white flag for some time. They now have to prove their not ready for defeat, I expect some horrifying terrorist attacks in...
" Following President Barack Obama’s a war strategy speech Tuesday night, myriad observations surfaced about the way forward for the United States military in Afghanistan. Below are my Top Ten observations about that speech: 1) It took three months for President Obama...
“The nation I am more interesting in building is our own” Today’s speech at West Point will be a speech he will always be remembered by clearly the sending of 30,000 US troops early next year was...
Monday no real news, Tuesday yes it’s the day we be hearing, yes hearing the Commander in chief his lordship the Royal President Obama of the Imperial U S of A. He will open his speech with why America is...
It’s here and it’s real. The US President Barack Obama has finally let the cat out of his bag. He has announced the much awaited decision on troop numbers on Sunday night, a White House spokesman said. Though...
According to White House and other officials, General Stanley McChrystal and Ambassador Karl Eikenberry have been asked to be prepared to testify before Congress as early as next week. President Obama is expected...
According to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canada delayed telling the Red Cross about prisoner transfers to Afghan authorities. The Corporation has obtained military documents that details...
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Acquaintances and friends of mine that have had several tours in Afghanistan have long told me why they believe in this mission. Many of them have done the heavy lifting in Kandahar Province and have been...
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Why the US continues to ignore Pakistan's creation of, control of, and farce of a war on the Taliban, I fail to understand. And why do we continue to fund them? Baron Bodissey on the Gates of Vienna writes: " Several years ago, while researching the extensive and...
After a fraud ridden election, that accused Hamid Karzai supporters of stuffing ballot boxes and had his opponent Abdullah Abdullah withdraw from a re-run election, President Hamid Karzai was sworn in for a...
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